Eenaldo solano



(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1. R, SOLANO.

GURVILINEAR GONDUII' FOR GABLES 0F CABLE RAILWAYS.

No.331,835. Patented Dec 8, 1885.

[IV V E N TUB WITNESSES r flmzwz/Z/ QM.

la /W4 NITED STATES PATENT @FFlCEo RENALDO SOLANO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIBDS TO JOHN W. HOWARD AND DAVID R. MORSE, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CURVILINEAR CONDUIT FOR CABLES OF CABLE RAlLWAYS.

srncrrrca'rron forming part of Letters Patent NO.331,835,dated December 8,1885.

Application filed May 5, 1885.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RENALDO SOLANO, late of San Francisco, in the State of California, but now of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Gurvilinear Conduits for Cables of Cable Railways, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the curves of the slotted conduits or subterranean channels in which are placed the carrier-pulleys, and in which run the propelling-cables of cable rail ways.

The object of my invention is to dispense :5 with the guiderail commonly employed to guide around the curves the grip which connects the car with the cable, a further object of my said invention being to insure a more steady and reliable movement than has here- .20 tofore been obtained to the cable in rounding curves, by causing the side of the grip to run in simultaneous contact with two or more guide-pulleys, whereby not only is the guiderail dispensed with, as aforesaid, but the grip 2 passing from pulley to pulley at a true tangent to the circumference of each the jarring incident to those devices in which the grip is in contact with but one pulley at a time is avoided.

My invention comprises certain novel combinations of parts whereby said objects are effectually secured.

Figure 1 is a plan view and partial horizontal sectional view taken in the line x a: of

5 Fig. 2, illustrating the curve of a cable-con duit fitted for use as contemplated by my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, on a larger scale, in the line 3 g; of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view in a line 0 radial to the curve of the conduit, as indicated by the line 3 3/ of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View taken in the line on roof Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View, on a still larger scale, of one of the parts shown in 5 Fig. 3.

In the construction of the curve peculiarlyconstructcd brackets A, preferably of castiron, are employed. These brackets are placed in a vertical position, and radially, as shown in Fig. 1, to the curve, and at suitable distances apart. This distance may advanta- Serial No. 164,452. (No model.)

geously be about twenty-seven inches from center to centerat their inner ends. Eachbracket A consists of a central vertical web, a, lateral horizontal bottom flange, b, a top flange, c, an 5 5 intermediate flange, d, and a vertical inner flange, e, which extends from the top flange to the bottom flange. These several flanges should be cast integral with the bracket. At its upper inner corner each bracket has a squared shoulder, f, and these shoulders form bearings, upon which are bolted or riveted the curved angle-iron g, which forms the inner side of the slot A of this (the curved) portion of the conduit. The brackets being arranged in the relation hereinbefore set forth, a suitably-curved plate, B, preferably of boileriron, is placed upon the inner ends thereof, and boltedor riveted fast to the vertical flanges e, and this constitutes the inner or concave side of this (the curved) portion of the conduit. Any desired portion of the top of the flanges may be covered by a plate, It, bolted or riveted to the top flanges, c, and a space,

a, for permitting access to the interior of the conduit may be-afford between this plate h the angle-iron g, and this space may be normally be covered by a removable plate, The opposite side of the curve of the conduit is formed as follows: Opposite to and in 8 line with each bracket A is a vertical system of braces and bars, B G E F D, united by bolts or rivets m. Plates G H are bolted or riveted to the flanges f of the braces B C, and said flanges are connected by vertical braces 8 5 D, suitably bolted or riveted to them.

' As shown in the drawings, the plates G H are of such width that an intermediate plate,

I, may be placed between them and bolted to the braces D. The inner ends of the braces 0 E are turned laterally, to form lips b, to which is bolted the continuous line of angle-iron k, which forms one side of the slot ofthe conduit. The space around the braces and bars B, C, E, F, and D is filled with concrete J along the length of the conduit. Each bracket A rests upon a base, K, of double T-iron, and is bolted to the upper flange, 5/, thereof. To said upper flange, g, is also bolted the adjacent end of the horizontal braces, so that each set of braces B O E F, &c., is kept in line with the contiguous bracket.

Extending from the flanges d of each bracket A to the corresponding flanges of the next adjacent bracket is a horizontal pulley-supporting plate, M, the two ends of such plate resting upon and sustained by the adjacent flanges, d, of the adjacent brackets. In like manner, extending from flange b to flange b of said brackets is a horizontal step-supporting bar, N.

Above the plate M is a similar plate, P, which is secured to the brackets in a position parallel with the plate M. This may be done by turning up the ends of the plate 1? and bolt ing or riveting the same to the flat sides of the brackets, as the equivalent of supporting the ends of the plate upon flanges d, cast in said sides. It will be seen that the curve is chainbered along its length with a pulley-supporting plate, M, step-supporting bar N, 810., in. each chamber.

Upon each.step-supporting bar N is a step, n, for the vertical spindle n of a roller, R, the upper end of said spindle being supported in a suitable bearing, a, on the plate P. This roller R is placed in such relation with the adjacent cable-carrying pulley, S, (which latter may be of the usual or any suitable kind and arranged and supported in the conduit in any usual or suitable manner,) as to prevent, in the usual and well-known manner, the cable from running off at the inner edge or side of said carrier-pulley during such time as the cable may be on said pulley while the cable rounds the curve.

Upon each pulleysupporting plate M are the bearings b, for three or more pulleys, T. These bearings are preferably of the character shown in the detail View, Fig. 5, a conical step, a", project-ing within a similarly-shaped recess in the bottom of the pulley to afford a a suitably-long bearing for thejournal of the pulley without diminishing the width of the face of thelatter. \Vhen desired, the journals of these pulleys may be tubular from end to end, and provided with oil-cups b* at their upper ends. This may also be the case with the spindle n of each of the rollers R.

U is the shank or arm of the grip by which the latter is connected with the car to be pro pelled. The grip may be of any ordinary or suitable construction-as, for example, that set forth and shownin the Letters Patent issued to me on the 28th day of April, A. D. 1885, and numbered 316,670; but as concerns my present invention it is only necessary that the grip be furnishedwith a v horizontal bar, W, of suchlength, and attached to the grip infsuch plane and position,

that in rounding the curve the said bar will be brought against the faces of two of the pulleys T simultaneously, and in passing from one to another along the curved path presented by the line or series of pulleys (more fully shown intheir relative position in Fig. 1) shall be in constant contact with two adjacent pulleys. By this means the grip is never jarred by striking the pulleys in a direction approaching the radials, but, on the contrary,the bar .V is always tangential to the pulleys with which it is in contact, and runs smoothly from one to another,always bearing upon two at the same time.

WVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a curvilinear conduit for cable railways, the combination of a curvilinear system of carrier-pulleys, S, arranged to rotate on horizontal axes,a curvilinear system of rollers, R, arranged to rotate on vertical axes and to guide the cable supported by the carrier pulleys aforesaid, a separate curvilinear system of pulleys, T, arranged to rotate on vertical axes, and a grip provided with a horizontal bar, WV, constructed and arranged to bear simultaneously upon two pulleys, T, in passing around the curve, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination of the brackets A, pulley-supporting plates M, pulleys T, rollers R, carrier-pulleys S, and a bar, W, carried by the grip and arranged to bear simultaneously upon two pulleys in traversing the curve, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. In a cable-conduit, the combination of brackets A, pulley-bearing plates M, curvilinear series of pulleys T, rollers R, carryingpulleys S, plates G H,-;.,braces D, system of braces and bars B O EF D, and a bar, W, carried by the grip and arranged to bear simultaneously upon two pulleys while passing around the curve, the whole organized and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

RENALDO SOLANO.

WVitnesses:

GUNVALD AAS, JOHN G. HONEY. 

